Tuesday, January 22, 2013

BIRDS OF ARITAR & SIKKIM



Aritar, which is nestled in the laps of Himalaya falls under Chujacjen Constituency. Aritar is recently emerging as a hot- spot for bird watching, as diverse varieties of birds of Asian and Indian Sub- Continent are found here. Furthermore, Aritar shares its boundary with Bhutan, as such the forest of Aritar also harbors many species of birds found in Bhutan. 
GRAY BELLIED CUCKOO

WHITE THROATED REDSTART

WHITE THROATED REDSTART (FEMALE)


WHITE THROATED LAUGHING THRUSH

WHITE BROWED BUSH ROBIN

WHITE BROWED BUSH ROBIN

WALLCREEPER


STRIATED LAUGHING THRUSH

RUFOUS GORGETTED FLYCATCHER

RUFOUS- BREASTED BUSH ROBIN

PLAIN MOUNTAIN FINCH

PLAIN BACKED THRUSH (ALPINE THRUSH)

ORANGE BILLED MAGPIE

ORANGE BELLIED LEAF BIRD

MOROON BACKED ACCENTOR

FIRE TAILED SUNBIRD

EURASIAN WREN

RUSSET SPARROW

HUME'S WARBLER

WHITE THROATED FANTAIL

BLUE WINGED MINLA

GREY HOODED WARBLER

VALBET FRONTED NUTHATCH

RUFOUS BELLIED NILTAVA (FEMALE)

RUFOUS BELLIED NILTAVE (MALE)

DARD BREASTED ROSEFINCH

BLUE FRONTED REDSTART

BLUE FRONTED ROBIN
RUSTY FRONTED BARWING
SPOTTED FORKTAIL
HIMALAYAN BLUE TAIL
BRONZED DRONGO

ALPINE ACCENTOR




PLANITIVE CUCKOO



Black chinned yuhina
शुलसुले















RUSSET SPARROW



WHITE CRESTED LAUGHING THRUSH


BLUE WHISTLING THRUSH

COMMON GREEN MAGPIE


BLUE THROATED BARBET
BLACK DRONGO
The large hawk-cuckoo

Red billed Leiothrix

Velvet fronted nuthatch
जुरे चरी
GREY HEADED CARANY FLYCATCHER

TICKELL'S THRUSH
ORIENTAL WHITE EYE

Crested Serpent Eagle


ASHY BULBUL

RUFOUS WOODPECKER
सानु तांबे लाचे



VERDITER FLYCATCHER

GOLDEN THRATED BARBET



Yellow cheeked tit


Himalayan Cutia (Female)

Black faced warbler
Striked Spiderhunter
लामो ठुढ़े माकुरी चरी
COMMON IORA

Orange Bellied Leafbird


Green beaked Malkoha






Black throated parrotbill

Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon
होलेशो

Grey Bushchat juvenile

Whiskered Yuhina
GREEN BACKED TIT
Red billed Leiothrix


Silver eared Mesia



BLUE CAPPED ROCK THRUSH


Long tailed shrike
GREEN TAILED SUNBIRD


TICKELL'S  THRUSH



VERDITER FLYCATCHER

Crimson- Breasted Woodpecker

GREY WINGED BLACK BIRD [MALE]

Sapphire flycatcher female

White-breasted kingfisher


Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica: gauthali)

Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata: charcharay)
Grey Treepie (Dendrocitta formosae). 

ORIENTAL MAGPIE

 Rufous Sibia (Charcharay)

MINIVET: RANICHARA


INDIAN ROLLER
HIMALAYAN FOREST THRUSH
MINIVET [RANICHARI]

crimson sunbird

YELLOW HEADED THRUSH

BLUE CAPED ROCK THRUSH
Orange bellied leafbird

Blue caped rock thrush


HONEY GUIDE

FIRE TAILED SUNBIRD
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE
TAIGA FLYCATCHER 
WHITE RUMPED MUNIA





GREY CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER

The striated laughingthrush

MAROON ORIOLE


SCARLET MINIVET (FEMALE)
रानी चरा

SCARLET MINIVET (FEMALE)
रानी चरा

White browed scimitar babbler
Rufous Gorgetted Flycatcher

BLACK WINGED CUCKOO SHRIKE


COMMON GREEN MAGPIE

WHITE BELLIED DRONGO

GREY BUSHCHAT

MAROON ORIOLE [लामा चरा]

LONG TAILED SHRIK [भद्रायो ]

LITTLE PIED FLYCATCHER [FEMALE]

LITTLE PIED FLYCATCHER [MALE]

GREATER YELLOWNAPE WOODPECKER
GREY BUSHSCHAT

WHITE RUMPED MUNIA

SUNBIRD FEMALE

ORIENTAL ROBIN MAGPIE
GREATER COUCAL

RED TAILED MINLA

SCALY THRUSH

SCALY THRUSH
PLUMBIOUS REDSTART

COMMON KINGFISHER

RUSSEET SPARROW
BARRED WINGED FLYCATCHER

ANSIAN BARRED OWLET

JUNGLE THRUSH

HIMALAYAN BULBUL

HIMALAYAN CUCKOO

SLATY- BACKED FLYCATCHER

LONG TAILED BROADBILL

GREY WINGED BLACK BIRD

white throated kingfisher

white browed fantail

Black Throated Tit

Blue Fronted Redstart


THE HIMALAYAN FLAMEBACK

LARGE NILTAVE

SMALL NILTAVA

LESSER NECKLACED LAUGHING THRUSH

Rufous Necked Laughing Thrush

WHITE CAPPED REDSTART

LONG TAILED SHRIKE


CHESTNUT- TAILED STARLING

COMMON TAILORBIRD


PLAINTIVE CUCKOO

HOARY THROATED BARWING

BLUE TAILED MINLA

NEPAL FULVETTA

grey capped pygmy woodpecker

RUFOUS BELLIED EAGLE



White Browed Rosefinch female

TURTLE DOVE

HIMALAYAN THRUSH

4 comments:

Unknown said...

fantastic collection of birds.thouroghly enjoyed watching it.

Unknown said...

fantastic collection of birds.thouroghly enjoyed watching it.

Nisal Poudyal said...

Great collection of birds sir.

Pooja Gurung said...

Wow! Amazing photography sir.
Just came across your blog. Thankyou so much for the information, it's really helpful.

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